I want to be emperor

Chapter 49 Sun Lili is seriously ill

After the Battle of Songshan, Luo Zhixue personally led his troops to defeat the Ming army Fei Bingqing's troops, and the fight was very successful.

After showing the enemy weak in the early stage, and then using hidden artillery and archers to kill a large number of people, the cavalry finally attacked and killed the remnants.

Except for a few of the more than [-] members of the Ming army who went into the mountains in a panic, the rest were either killed or injured or surrendered as prisoners.

About 20 soldiers of the Ming army were killed or injured, and more than 20 Xianyong were killed or injured. In addition, more than [-] soldiers and hundreds of Xianyong were captured.

In addition to killing and injuring many enemy troops, they also captured a lot.

More than [-] pieces of knives and spears of various types, more than [-] pieces of ordinary cloth face armor, three sets of high-grade cloth face armor, and one set of fish scale armor were seized.

A batch of luggage and a small number of mules and horses were also seized.

There are also a lot of other miscellaneous flags and the like.

It can be said that the supply battalion fought very well in this battle, directly annihilating more than [-] Ming troops under Fei Bingqing's troops.

But Luo Zhixue couldn't be happy.

All this is not because of the heavy casualties of one's own side in the battle. In fact, the casualties of one's own side are not that big, only a dozen or so people were killed or injured.

What really made Luo Zhixue unhappy was the news that the main force of the Ming army was about to arrive.

From Fei Bingqing's mouth, I learned that their Ming army was just a forward, and there were more than a thousand main forces of the Ming army led by Huang Guangmao and Wang Jida.

Among them are at least 250 warriors, more than [-] county warriors, and hundreds of young and strong.

Not to mention anything else, just the 250-strong soldiers were enough to make Luo Zhixue worry. If the main force of the Ming army came, whether they could resist it was still a question.

It's just that although Luo Zhixue was worried in his heart, he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled joyfully after winning the battle.

After cleaning the battlefield that day, Luo Zhixue hosted a banquet in honor of An Yongduo, Zhang Malin and other team officers and chiefs.

At the same time, it was also announced that there would be extra meals at night, not only rice and noodles, but also meat such as chicken, duck, pork, etc., so that the soldiers could have a full meal.

In the Songshan camp that night, more than [-] soldiers of the rural protection camp had the most satisfying dinner in recent months.

However, at the same time, Luo Zhixue quietly dispatched messengers to rush back to Sanshui Village, on the one hand to inform Xu He who stayed behind in Sanshui Village of the relevant situation, and at the same time to wait for Sun Chengli and others to return and inform Sun Chengcheng of the news.

Calculating the time, Sun Chengli and the others should have returned.

In fact, this is also the case. Sun Chengli and the others came back as soon as the Luo Zhi school's scouts arrived in Sanshui Village.

But what Luo Zhixue didn't expect was that the orderly returned told him bad news.

Luo Zhixue frowned, and asked his orderly with a serious expression: "Are you sure, the general is seriously ill?"

The messenger said: "That's right, it's not a secret. After I returned to Sanshui Village, I heard that the general had fallen ill on the way back to Sanshui Village. When I came back, I was carried back by someone." of."

"When the little one went to report, the general was still lying down, looking very sick."

"I didn't find out about the minor illness."

Sun Chengli is seriously ill?

Luo Zhixue frowned!

That's hardly good news.

Thousands of Ming troops are coming soon, but Sun Chengli, who is the backbone of the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Battalion, is seriously ill. This not only means that he may not be able to personally lead the army to reinforce Songshan Village, but more importantly, it may lead to the failure of the village to protect the village. Unrest within the camp.

Luo Zhixue did not forget that when they broke through the encirclement of the Ming army half a year ago, the death of Li Tonglin directly led to internal changes. In the end, Sun Jiancheng succeeded in taking over with the support of Luo Zhixue and others, but even so, there were many casualties The elites have led to a further decline in the strength of these people.

Later, when they occupied Sanshui Village, under the leadership of Sun Jiancheng, they cultivated their livelihoods and recruited soldiers. Luo Zhixue also set up a supply camp with the support of Sun Jiancheng, and took charge of the camp's logistics affairs, gaining his own direct power.

If Sun Chengcheng was seriously ill and unable to support affairs, or even died of illness, then the gang of rebels who had finally embarked on the road of development would once again face an uncontrollable crisis.

Although Luo Zhixue also thought about parting ways with Sun Chengli or replacing him on that day, he never thought it would be so soon.

According to his vision, he will continue to develop and grow under Sun Jiancheng, further expand the scale of the supply camp, and train a few confidant generals. After he has enough power under his control, he will plan to stand on his own or replace them.

But definitely not now!
At least he didn't have this idea before Sun Chengli came back.

Although Luo Zhixue now has a supply camp, the quality of this supply camp is very average. The 30 people who have been trained for the longest time have only trained for more than two months, and the others have only trained for a month or even half a month. about.

It is not enough to rely on today's supply camp.

Because the core combat force in the current Baoxiang camp is still the pro-army directly under Sun Jiancheng, and the elite cavalry of more than [-] people is the core force of their rebels.

And this pro-army has Wang Xiazi as the sentry officer in name, but Wang Xiazi actually does not have the power to actually command the pro-army.

The pro-army has always been under the personal control of Sun Chengli, and the chiefs are all from Sun Chengli's personal soldiers. Wang Xiazi, a sentry officer, has no way to bypass Sun Chengli and directly command the other chiefs.

The point is that Luo Zhixue doesn't have a good friendship with Wang Xiazi and the other five elders.

After all, those six people are all Sun Jiancheng's confidantes, and it's not easy for Luo Zhixue to go directly to make a relationship in normal times.

Even though Luo Zhixue and Wang Xiazi usually had a lot of contact, it was based on the fact that both of them were Sun Chengcheng's confidantes, and they had many contacts.

In other words, once Sun Jiancheng changes, Luo Zhixue is not sure that he will directly control the pro-army.

And this is fatal.

If it is said that he does not care about the pro-army and plays with the supply battalion himself, then Luo Zhixue is not willing to part with it, let alone reconciled.

After all, no matter from the perspective of combat effectiveness or importance, the other left, central and right armies plus the supply battalion are actually not as important as this pro-army.

Of course, now, in addition to the more than 70 people in the supply camp, Luo Zhixue has six more old thieves who belonged to Tatianhu.

Some of these old thieves who were able to ride and shoot were added to the bodyguard team, allowing the bodyguard team to expand into a cavalry team of about 30 people, and the remaining 30 people were organized into the fourth infantry team and hung under the baggage battalion. .

However, these old thieves seem to be available for the time being, but no one knows when they will run away, and even give Luo Zhixue a backhand.

After all, when they came from Sanshui Village to Songshan Village along the way, there were more than 20 old thieves who deserted.

Now Luo Zhixue is relying on eating enough as a lure, coupled with the deterrence of executing deserters on the spot, this prevents the remaining [-] or so old thieves from fleeing on a large scale again.

But in the future, who knows.

Under the current situation, once Sun Chengli died of illness, Luo Zhixue was not absolutely sure that he would be able to succeed Sun Chengli, and then inherit the entire rural protection battalion, especially the indispensable cavalry force of the pro-army.

Apart from the internal troubles, Luo Zhixue was even more worried that if Sun Jiancheng was there, they would be able to fight against the Ming army together.

Once Sun Chengcheng died of illness, how could they unite against the Ming army?
You know, there are still thousands of Ming troops coming towards Funiu Mountain outside.

Luo Zhixue, who was worried in his heart, sent additional sentries to monitor the officers and soldiers of the Ming army outside the mountain, and at the same time sent An Yongduo back to Sanshui Village. In addition to paying close attention to the news of Sanshui Village, An Yongduo's task also needed to communicate with Wang. Blind people are better.

Luo Zhixue is preparing for the subsequent changes.
If possible, he still wanted to win over Xiazi Wang and a few small leaders who were pro-army as much as possible.

It was the same as when he accompanied Sun Jiancheng to fight for Lin Dongsheng, Wang Dazhuang, Xu He and others.

But two days after An Yongduo set off, Luo Zhixue met the person sent by Sun Jiancheng, and brought Luo Zhixue Sun Jiancheng's latest order.

Sun Jiancheng asked Luo Zhixue to closely monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers, and build a line of defense in Songshan to prepare for the battle.

At the same time, he will personally lead troops south to reinforce Songshan Village.

Sun Chengli wants to personally lead troops to reinforce Songshan Village?
Didn't it mean that he was seriously ill and bedridden? How could he still lead the army in person?

Is it sick again?
And a few days later, Luo Zhixue knew that Sun Jiancheng's illness was not cured!
Because Sun Chengli did not come here on horseback, nor on foot, but on two bamboo sedan chairs.

Just like when he returned to Sanshui Village from the west, he was carried here, and Sun Chengli's complexion was very bad, and his whole body was swollen unusually, and his hands didn't look bigger than before. .

Luo Zhixue just looked at Sun Chengli's appearance, and knew that he was definitely seriously ill, and there was a high probability that he could not be saved in this era, which was much more deadly than wind and cold.

At first, Luo Zhixue thought that Sun Jiancheng was suffering from a cold. After all, it was written in novels, movies, and TV dramas, and wind-cold is a disease that can kill you if you don’t do it well, but your health is better, and you can handle it with the right medicine. past.

But I didn't expect it to be so serious.

Sun Chengli, who was carrying the sedan chair, squinted his eyes and saw Luo Zhixue's serious expression, and immediately said, "Don't put on such a face, I'm not dead yet."

But the voice of these words was much lower than usual, and seemed weak.

Luo Zhixue took a step forward and said, "General, I'm waiting for you in the front line. Now you need to recuperate from your illness, so why are you running around in person?"

Sun Chengli wanted to wave his hand directly, but his movements were very slow, and he continued to say weakly: "Sick ass."

After a short pause, he said: "I know that this time I won't be able to make it through. I've been suffering a lot these days. Last night I almost killed myself with a knife!"

"Damn it, it's hard for me to be the master of the house, and I robbed the site of Funiu Mountain to recruit hundreds of people, and Mr. Luo and you are the assistants. It's time to start a big business, but God doesn't like it. give face!"

"Bastard, this thief is playing with me!"

"But if you die, you're dead. Most people are dead, but even if my Sun Mazi is dead, he will either die in his old house or die on the battlefield."

"I can't go back to my hometown in Yulin, so I can only die on the battlefield."

Sun Chengli said these words on and off for a long time, and his breath became weaker after he finished speaking.

At this time, Sun Jiancheng raised his head and squinted at Luo Zhixue: "Brother Luo, will you go to Yulin in the future?"

(End of this chapter)